COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONThe ice bock, also known as "Bayrisch Gefrorns", owes its discovery to a coincidence. According to the chronicles of the Kulmbacher brewery, some time around 1900 an apprentice forgot on a cold winter day to carry two barrels of bock beer into the brewery cellar. The barrels stayed outside, were covered by ice and snow and weren’t discovered until the following spring. The barrels had burst and the apprentice was reprimanded. But the carelessness was a stroke of luck because under the thick ice coat, a bock beer extract remained, strong tasting and high in alcoholic content.
Even if the dark, tasty speciality is not produced in this spectacular way anymore, the chance that gave birth to this beer became a tradition. Today this beer rarity is brewed in a modern brewing and freezing process, but the incomparable taste is still the same and can always be enjoyed in winter months.

My first eisbock. This was not bad at all. Reminded me a little of a lesser St. Bernardus 12 with a grape gum and slight metallic flavor. It got better as it warmed up losing the metallic tinge. This was easy enough to drink but nothing blew my mind. I would not bother buying this when I can get an Aventius Dopplebock instead.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with a white head that dissipates to a thin ring. Aromas of sweet malt, raisin and bread. Flavors are raisin, brown sugar, dark fruit and bready notes. Surprisingly light on the palate. Substantial alcohol warmth with an herbal hop finish. This is really a very nice beer. Hats off to Germany.

Pours darkest black and very dense. Almost no head.
Aroma is intense: candy, liquorice, strawberry and violet.
Taste is sweetish, silky and thick. Very powerful, good sourness and restrained bitterness. Long finish.

Bottle from the Malt Shoppe in Tosa. Pours a tannish brown with almost no head. Aroma has sweet malts, some peat, some fruits. Later in the glass, some grainy-ness and some lemon show through. Taste is of sweet caramel - overlayered - with tangy wheat and stone fruits, berries, and a touch of lemon. Medium bodied but complex. With alcohol. Finishes thickly sweet and tangy, with some length. Not the best bock had, and the complexity was not a plus. 13.6

0,33l bottle from drinks-of-the-world.de, best before 21/10/2015. Clear, dark ruby with a thin, soapy, slowly collapsing, tan head. Pleasant, sweetish-malty aroma of prunes, raisins, treacle and cane sugar. Sweetish-malty taste of prunes, raisins, treacle and cane sugar, followed by notes of nuts and dark chocolate. Short, a little alcoholic and warming finish. Full body, oily mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. This one is a little disappointing considering its high score. Of course, it is relatively aromatic and tasty, but it is far off from Schneider’s Aventinus Eisbock. A bit like a concentrated doppelbock but that does not garantuee excitement.

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